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Los Gedagtes (Afrikaans, Paperback): Jeanne Goosen Los Gedagtes (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Jeanne Goosen
R115 Discovery Miles 1 150 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Met die deurlees van Jeanne Goosen se notaboeke, dagboeke, flardes en uitknipsels verskyn 'n verrassing! Die skrywer het deurentyd los gedagtes neergepen - nie net 'n paar nie, maar honderde gedagtes, te kosbaar om verlore te gaan: sêgoed, insigte, waarnemings, aforismes, mymerings . . . alles dáár, om oplaas in boekvorm met haar lesers gedeel te word.

Die aantekeninge weerspieël die merkwaardige intellektuele aktiwiteit van 'n denker-kunstenaar. Sy bemoei haar intens met letterkundige, filosofiese, politiese, wetenskaplike, sielkundige insae en bevindings wat sy soms ernstig, soms satiries en soms ook kru verwoord. Die versameling is spesifiek nie volgens onderwerp geklassifiseer nie, maar lukraak soos die losstaande aantekeninge opeenvolgend gevind is. Daar is ook nie geredigeer om taalgebruik te verbeter nie. Jeanne Goosen praat hier in haar eie, unieke stem.

Voorbeelde:

  • Feite steur hulle nie aan sielkunde nie.
  • Ek moet probeer om nuwe foute te maak.
  • Date rape. Dit klink soos 'n nagereg.
  • Jy kan nie 'n held wees met R100 'n maand vir groceries nie.
  • 'n Jakkals is 'n wolf wat blomme stuur.
  • As julle trou, word julle een. Watter een?
  • Moenie steel nie, die regering hou nie van kompetisie nie.
  • Moet nooit 'n geskenk aanvaar wat eet nie.
Moving Forward In Unsure Steps (Paperback): Terry Martin Moving Forward In Unsure Steps (Paperback)
Terry Martin
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Running Tracks - The playlist and places that made me a runner (Paperback): Rob Deering Running Tracks - The playlist and places that made me a runner (Paperback)
Rob Deering
R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rob Deering has been listening to music his whole life, but it was only in his mid-thirties that - much to his surprise - he found himself falling in love with the hugely popular, nearly perfect, sometimes preposterous activity of running In this vividly conjured collection, Rob shares stories of when a run, a place and a tune come together in a life-defining moment. His adventures in running have spanned four continents, fifteen marathons and numberless miles of park and pavement, and the carefully chosen music streaming through his headphones has spurred him forward throughout. What makes the perfect running tune? Where can you find the best routes, even in an unfamiliar town? Why do people put themselves through marathons? In Running Tracks, Rob Deering shares his sometimes surprising answers to these questions, and explains how a hobby became an obsession that changed his life forever.

How I Got into Art School (Paperback): Willy Smax How I Got into Art School (Paperback)
Willy Smax 1
R325 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Save R30 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Brilliant (Paperback): David Michael Warren Brilliant (Paperback)
David Michael Warren; Contributions by Jaclyn Warren, Word on Fire Institute
R651 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R112 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The In-Between - Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments (Hardcover): Hadley Vlahos The In-Between - Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments (Hardcover)
Hadley Vlahos
R505 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R111 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Hospice nurse and TikTok star Hadley Vlahos shares moving stories, life lessons and wisdom from her patients in this heart-warming memoir about how end-of-life care can teach us just as much about how to live as it does about how we die.

We don't often talk about dying, even in the medical field, but death is a universal part of life. An ardent advocate for compassionate end-of-life care, Hadley Vlahos, shows us that the end of our lives can be rich, beautiful and transformative by sharing moving stories about how her patients' final days have changed her life.

Full of insights from real people, from the woman who never once questioned her faith until she was close to death, to the older man seeing visions of his late daughter, to the young patient who laments that she spent too much of her short life worrying about what others thought of her - each story raises vital questions about living, dying and the afterlife, inspiring us to live our lives to the fullest.

The Killer Across the Table - Inside the Minds of Psychopaths and Predators (Paperback): John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker The Killer Across the Table - Inside the Minds of Psychopaths and Predators (Paperback)
John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
R300 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400 Save R60 (20%) In Stock

'John Douglas is the FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling' Patricia Cornwell GET INSIDE THE MINDS OF PSYCHOPATHS WITH THE GODFATHER OF CRIMINAL PROFILING In The Killer Across the Table, legendary FBI criminal profiler and number one bestselling author John Douglas delves deep into the lives and crimes of four complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process and divulging the strategies used to crack some of his most challenging cases. In this riveting work of true crime, Douglas spotlights four very different criminals he's confronted over the course of his career, and explains how they helped him to put together the puzzle of how psychopaths and predators think. Taking us inside the interrogation room and demonstrating the unique techniques he uses to understand the workings of the most terrifying and incomprehensible minds, The Killer Across the Table is an unputdownable journey into the darkest reaches of criminal profiling and behavioural science from a man who knows serial killers better than anyone else. As Douglas says: 'If you want to understand the artist, look at his art.' If you want to understand what makes a murderer, start here.

Lincoln's Battle with God - A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America (Paperback): Stephen... Lincoln's Battle with God - A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America (Paperback)
Stephen Mansfield
R548 R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Save R87 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Body Work - The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback): Melissa Febos Body Work - The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
Melissa Febos
R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page. -- .

The Pact - A UFC Champion, A Boy with Cancer, and Their Promise to Win the Ultimate Battle (Paperback): Cody Garbrandt, Mark... The Pact - A UFC Champion, A Boy with Cancer, and Their Promise to Win the Ultimate Battle (Paperback)
Cody Garbrandt, Mark Dagostino
R300 R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Save R53 (18%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

A UFC champion and a boy with leukemia, in the fight of their lives.

Cody Garbrandt dreamed of being a UFC champion. In his darkest moments, when those dreams were dashed, he dug deep with the help of an unlikely friend—five-year-old Maddux Maple, a local hometown fan with leukemia. They made a pact: Cody would be in the UFC and win the championship, and Maddux would beat cancer.

Read their moving story in Cody’s new book, The Pact, and go behind the scenes into Cody’s training and how he made his dreams come true.

Cody Garbrandt grew up in a rough town in the Central Appalachian region of Ohio, surrounded by a longstanding culture of fighting—and drugs. Raised in this environment by a single mom (his dad left him at the young age of three to reside in the Ohio State Penitentiary), Cody grew up fighting, and he grew up wild. His future seemed predestined to end in the coal mines, or in prison.

Thankfully, Cody had visions of something more. His American Dream? Mixed Martial Arts. But a path to success wasn’t clear. He spent as much time fighting in the streets as he did in the gym—one bad decision away from losing everything. Then, at age 20, Cody’s brother introduced him to five-year old Maddux Maple. Maddux was deathly ill with leukemia, his survival by no means assured. A unique friendship developed as they made a promise to each other: Maddux would beat cancer, and Cody would make it to the UFC and become world champion.

Through five long years of pain and hardship, they both persevered; Cody, through the agony and sacrifices of fighting his way to the top, and Maddux through the horrors of chemotherapy. They loved and supported each other. They served as each other’s inspiration. And in December 2016, they made good on their pact: Cody won his UFC Championship belt, which he promptly presented to Maddux—the boy who had beaten cancer into remission.

Onder 'n Bloedrooi Hemel - Liefde En Geweld In Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans, Paperback): Annemarie van Niekerk Onder 'n Bloedrooi Hemel - Liefde En Geweld In Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Annemarie van Niekerk
R350 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Save R49 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Annamarie van Niekerk gaan brutaal eerlik om met vraagstukke waarmee ons daagliks worstel: plaasmoord, geweld teen vroue, skuld en onmag, aandadigheid en keuse.

Sy woon in Den Haag, maar keer terug Suid-Afrika toe vir die begrafnis van haar liewe vriend, Ruben, wat saam met sy ma in ʼn wrede plaasmoord vermoor is. Dié reis lei terug na ander reise: Van haar kinderjare in PE in ʼn streng Nasionale huishouding met ʼn Broederbondpa. Na Umtata, waar sy gaan klasgee en verlief raak op ʼn swart kollega. Na Hillbrow, waar die twee van hulle onwettig saamwoon en aktief is in skrywersirkels met vriende soos Nadine Gordimer en Njabulo Ndebele. Tot geweld ook hul verhouding binnedring. Uiteindelik na die tronk, waar sy Ruben se moordenaars gaan soek in haar strewe na verstaan.

Van Niekerk vervleg haar eie storie aangrypend met ’n verkenning van die groot kwessies in ons land. Onder ʼn bloedrooi hemel is ʼn diep ontroerende persoonlike reis, van geweld na genade, meesterlik vertel.

Not Without My Dogs - A South African's Tale Of Fleeing Ukraine (Paperback): Kobus Olivier, Hilda van Dyk Not Without My Dogs - A South African's Tale Of Fleeing Ukraine (Paperback)
Kobus Olivier, Hilda van Dyk
R280 R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Save R39 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

When the first missiles rattled Kyiv in February 2021, Kobus Olivier was ready for it. Or so the South African thought.

He knew a war was brewing when thousands of Russian troops gathered at the border, but the locals laughed it off. Fleeing alone was never an option for Kobus.

Not without my dogs tells the remarkable story of how Kobus managed to save himself and his four-legged friends. This book is a testament of the human spirit and how even in times of war, strangers lend a hand.

My Journey Through a Changing South (Hardcover): Charlie Grainger My Journey Through a Changing South (Hardcover)
Charlie Grainger
R748 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Save R123 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An American Life with I Am (Paperback): Herbert Frye An American Life with I Am (Paperback)
Herbert Frye
R307 R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Save R40 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet (Hardcover): Noel Fitzpatrick How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet (Hardcover)
Noel Fitzpatrick
R630 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R213 (34%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER It has been 30 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon, and that 22-year-old from Ballyfin, Ireland, is now one of the leading veterinary surgeons in the world. The journey to that point has seen Noel treat thousands of animals - many of whom were thought to be beyond help - animals that have changed his life, and the lives of those around them, for the better. If the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Listening to the Animals was about Noel's path to becoming The Supervet, then How Animals Saved My Life is about what it's like to actually be The Supervet. Noel shares the moving and often funny stories of the animals he's treated and the unique 'animal people' he has met along the way. He reflects on the valuable lessons of Integrity, Care, Love and Hope that they have taught him - lessons that have sustained him through the unbelievable highs and crushing lows of a profession where lives are quite literally at stake. As Noel explores what makes us connect with animals so deeply, we meet Peanut, the world's first cat with two front bionic limbs; eight-year-old therapy dachschund Olive; Odin, a gorgeous five-year-old Dobermann, who would prove to be one of Noel's most challenging cases - and of course his beloved companions Ricochet, the Maine Coon, and Keira, the scruffy Border terrier who is always by his side.

Talking to Women (Paperback): Nell Dunn Talking to Women (Paperback)
Nell Dunn; Introduction by Ali Smith 1
R427 R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Save R79 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Shine on - Empowering Affirmations for Extraordinary Women (Paperback): Doreen Caven Shine on - Empowering Affirmations for Extraordinary Women (Paperback)
Doreen Caven
R346 R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Save R57 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What's Wrong With Me? - 101 Things Midlife Women Need to Know (Hardcover): Lorraine Candy What's Wrong With Me? - 101 Things Midlife Women Need to Know (Hardcover)
Lorraine Candy
R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'If I was removed from the hurly burly of these speeded up days when I was trying my best to slow down, I would be able to patiently and logically think it all through. To untangle this conundrum. I would be able to find the thing I had lost. Probably the most important thing I owned. My identity.' Part memoir, part expert advice and part personal stories from women aged 40 to 60, What's Wrong with Me? is a compelling, honest and reassuring guide to enjoying a magnificent midlife. The former magazine editor-in-chief of Cosmo and ELLE, Sunday Times bestselling author and now parenting columnist, explores midlife and draws on interviews with Gen X celebrities from the podcast she co-hosts Postcards From Midlife. As a 54-year-old married mum of four, Lorraine tackles everything from empty nest, career reinventions, sex, perimenopause and menopause, and presents midlife as a liberating and transformational stage of life (something to look forward to rather than dread). Here is a book to make the women of Gen X feel less alone as they embrace life, to make them laugh and see that they are not alone.

Lust & Vainglory - A Close Encounter with Death and Success (Paperback): Anthony L Freeman Lust & Vainglory - A Close Encounter with Death and Success (Paperback)
Anthony L Freeman
R317 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R53 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Supermodel - Origin - Super Natural (Hardcover): Paul G Roberts Supermodel - Origin - Super Natural (Hardcover)
Paul G Roberts
R1,168 Discovery Miles 11 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Good Power - Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World (Hardcover): Ginni Rometty Good Power - Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World (Hardcover)
Ginni Rometty
R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change. Ginni Rometty led one of the world's most iconic companies, and in Good Power she recounts her groundbreaking path from a challenging childhood to becoming the CEO of IBM and one of the world's most influential business leaders. With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few-a concept she calls "good power." Rometty's "memoir with purpose" combines the experiences that defined her life-personal hurdles, high-stakes decisions, passionate advocacy-with the actionable advice of a coaching session to highlight lessons that shape authentic leadership. Behind-the-scenes stories and practical guidance offer us a blueprint for how we can all use good power to advance our careers, inspire our teams, improve our companies, and create healthier societies. The book begins with raw, vivid memories from Rometty's youth and early professional years as she recalls the trauma and the role models that formed her belief that how we lead is as important as what we achieve. She learns early on that good power is a choice available to everyone, even to those without money, status, or impressive titles. Rometty then shows us how her concept of good power evolved as she grew from a first-time manager to a transformative CEO. Stories told through the lens of five principles-be in service of others; build belief; know what must change and what must endure; steward good tech; be resilient-reveal tools that anyone can apply to achieve real change at any stage of their life and work. Rometty also encourages us to use good power at scale to bring about urgent societal change. She shares insights from her own journey to create a more equitable world by leading the SkillsFirst movement, which connects underserved populations with family-sustaining jobs by transforming hiring, education, and training. With heart, humility, and conviction, Good Power offers an inspiring, compelling guide to creating meaningful change in our lives.

The Zen of Therapy - Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life (Paperback): Mark Epstein The Zen of Therapy - Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life (Paperback)
Mark Epstein
R471 R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"A warm, profound and cleareyed memoir. . . this wise and sympathetic book's lingering effect is as a reminder that a deeper and more companionable way of life lurks behind our self-serious stories."-Oliver Burkeman, New York Times Book Review A remarkable exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein reflects on one year's worth of therapy sessions with his patients to observe how his training in Western psychotherapy and his equally long investigation into Buddhism, in tandem, led to greater awareness-for his patients, and for himself For years, Dr. Mark Epstein kept his beliefs as a Buddhist separate from his work as a psychiatrist. Content to use his training in mindfulness as a private resource, he trusted that the Buddhist influence could, and should, remain invisible. But as he became more forthcoming with his patients about his personal spiritual leanings, he was surprised to learn how many were eager to learn more. The divisions between the psychological, emotional, and the spiritual, he soon realized, were not as distinct as one might think. In The Zen of Therapy, Dr. Epstein reflects on a year's worth of selected sessions with his patients and observes how, in the incidental details of a given hour, his Buddhist background influences the way he works. Meditation and psychotherapy each encourage a willingness to face life's difficulties with courage that can be hard to otherwise muster, and in this cross-section of life in his office, he emphasizes how therapy, an element of Western medicine, can in fact be considered a two-person meditation. Mindfulness, too, much like a good therapist, can "hold" our awareness for us-and allow us to come to our senses and find inner peace. Throughout this deeply personal inquiry, one which weaves together the wisdom of two worlds, Dr. Epstein illuminates the therapy relationship as spiritual friendship, and reveals how a therapist can help patients cultivate the sense that there is something magical, something wonderful, and something to trust running through our lives, no matter how fraught they have been or might become. For when we realize how readily we have misinterpreted our selves, when we stop clinging to our falsely conceived constructs, when we touch the ground of being, we come home.

Spilt Milk (Paperback): Courtney Zoffness Spilt Milk (Paperback)
Courtney Zoffness
R474 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unfiltered - An Iraq Veteran and Family Coming Home Story (Paperback): Margaret Suman Unfiltered - An Iraq Veteran and Family Coming Home Story (Paperback)
Margaret Suman
R380 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R62 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Solutions and Other Problems (Paperback): Allie Brosh Solutions and Other Problems (Paperback)
Allie Brosh
R783 R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Save R88 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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